How to Use cabochon in a Sentence
cabochon
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To top it off, the beaded crown is set with a sapphire cabochon.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 June 2024
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The crown is set with an orange opal cabochon, echoing the golden color of the bird’s bill.
—Carol Besler, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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Round-toe shoes, a gold cabochon ring and statement earrings topped off her sleek look.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
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An amethyst cabochon sits in beautiful contrast on the crown.
—Nancy Olson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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Where are the Schlumberger bangles and the Paloma cabochons?
—Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023
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Among the 60 new creations on view is a cabochon ring nestled in a bed of baguettes and bracelet whose rubies and diamonds are laid out as a labyrinth.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2019
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The watch is finished with a green tsavorite cabochon-cut crown and green alligator strap.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
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The timepiece also showcases a clean white dial, a gray calfskin strap, and a ruby cabochon on the crown.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
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The other is paved with 1,060 emeralds and completed with two ruby cabochon eyes.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
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Inset geode halves, turquoise cabochons along with seed beads of black, blue, turquoise, white and gray fill the contours of an otherwise ghostly type figure - the hollow skull of a longhorn bull’s head.
—Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2017
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The new pieces feature cabochon cut pink and green tourmalines, moonstones, 18K gold and diamonds.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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More wearable, perhaps, is a pendant in 14-karat yellow gold, topped with a round cabochon amethyst and ending in 19 pave-set full-cut round diamonds.
—Fortune, 17 May 2018
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The 32 mm Cartier model, pictured on Glover in a suave 18-karat yellow gold, features a sapphire cabochon and a gold sunray dial.
—Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023
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An 18ct rose-gold case frames a black sunburst dial with elegant baton markers, while a subdued crown is set with a black onyx cabochon.
—Alexandra Zagalsky, theweek, 7 May 2024
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In terms of stones, there’s a lot of amethyst and smoky quartz cut into ‘split cabochons’, and perhaps, more unusually for jewelry, some ulexite (or ‘TV stone’).
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Her first panther jewel—a gold and enamel panther brooch set with a cabochon emerald—was crafted for the Duchess of Windsor, Wallace Simpson, in 1948.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
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The range is by Wolf, the pendants are by Circa Lighting, the custom island has a Calacatta marble top, and the flooring is limestone with black-marble cabochons.
—Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 11 Oct. 2017
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Perched atop the expansive hood, the Spirit of Ecstasy ornament sprouts out of amethyst cabochons, a term for when a gem is polished into a rounded form instead of faceted like the gems on many wedding rings.
—Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2023
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Fowler: The cabochons and chunky settings are a nod to early medieval jewelry, tempered by clean lines and proportions that are centered on wear-ability.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Queen Máxima also wore emerald earrings and the emerald parure brooch from the emerald parure, worn as a pendant on a diamond necklace and capped with the large cabochon emerald pendant.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2019
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The standout features are dials decorated with Roman numerals cut directly in jasper, jade, and dumortierite, to match the colors of the cabochons on the winding crowns.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2023
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Influenced by the cupolas on basilicas across Rome, the brand’s trademark vibrant cabochons — smooth, rounded stones that don’t refract light the way faceted gems do — became ubiquitous.
—Lindsay Talbot, New York Times, 14 May 2024
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The first assignment was cutting and polishing a cabochon, a gem with a smooth, unfaceted surface — and his fascination with cutting gems began there.
—Tanya Dukes, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile the Parhelia ring is centered with a 21.51-carat sapphire cabochon surrounded by five semi-circles of radiant diamonds that fan out from each side of the center stone.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 27 June 2021
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The piece’s elegant white dial provides an elegant contrast to the lacquered burgundy case (a first for the brand), alongside silver Roman numerals and a beaded crown set with a ruby cabochon.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023
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Meanwhile, her second ring, given to her by Timothy Laurence—her husband of more than 30 years—features an oval-cut cabochon sapphire with a cluster of three diamonds on either side.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2025
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Gucci Necklace with cabochon and crystal pendant, $2,250, select Gucci stores.
—James Love, Essence, 25 Oct. 2019
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The display is distinguished by gold hands, as well as alternating Roman numerals and cabochon indexes.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
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The pale-colored interiors were designed by Peter Marino, the brand’s go-to interior architect, and feature cabochon stone, warm wood accents and parquet flooring.
—Cathrin Schaer, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
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Here: the Magnitude necklace with 107-plus carats of Mozambique ruby beads mixed with cabochon rubies, watercolor tourmalines, turquoise amazonites, onyx, and diamonds.
—Vogue, 9 July 2019
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